This section contains information which may be helpful to doctors and treating teams in preparing for patient hearings.
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- Chapter 1: Initial review hearings (s 386)
- Chapter 2: Periodic review hearings (s 387)
- Chapter 3: Applications for review (s 390) and Review on Tribunal Initiative (s 391)
- Chapter 4: Declaration regarding the validity of a treatment order
- Chapter 5: Applications to review admission of long-term voluntary inpatients
- Chapter 6: Applications to approve electroconvulsive therapy
- Chapter 7: Applications to approve psychosurgery
- Chapter 8: Applications to review orders restricting a patient’s freedom of communication
- Chapter 9: Applications to resolve certain questions arising in respect of nominated persons
- Chapter 10: Applications to review any other decision affecting rights
- Guide to decision-making under the Mental Health Act 2014
- Tribunal Practice Manual
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